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Fletcher

Pronounced /ˈflɛt͡ʃɚ/

Rank in 2024
#564
Born in 2024
523
Peak year
2024 · #564
Origin
Not recorded

1880 to 2024

Steady
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 523 boys were named Fletcher, about 1 in every 3,280.
  • 2024 is its biggest year on record.
  • It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
  • 16,866 boys have been named Fletcher since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Fletcher per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

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    Greatest
  2. <0.1
    Silent
  3. <0.1
    Boomers
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    Gen X
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    Millennials
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    Gen Z
  7. 0.2
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 2,600 babies, 0.16 per 1,000. Silent: 1,942 babies, 0.09 per 1,000. Boomers: 1,823 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Gen X: 950 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Millennials: 1,225 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Gen Z: 2,769 babies, 0.09 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 4,892 babies, 0.23 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

English occupational surname from the noun fletcher (“arrow-maker”). Sometimes confused with Flesher.

  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Origin
Not recorded
Say it
/ˈflɛt͡ʃɚ/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Fletcher, CC BY-SA 4.0.